CVE-2018-16438
published 2018-09-04CVE-2018-16438: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c.
PriorityP337high8.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.77%
75.6th percentile
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | hdf5 | < hdf5 1.14.5+repack-1 (forky) | hdf5 1.14.5+repack-1 (forky) |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | — | — |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | >= 0 < 1.14.5+repack-1 | 1.14.5+repack-1 |
| hdfgroup | hdf5 | >= 0 < 1.14.5+repack-1 | 1.14.5+repack-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_debian8.8LOW
vendor_redhat8.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-9xmm-cpf8-rgmx: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-16438 [HIGH] CWE-125 GHSA-9xmm-cpf8-rgmx: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c.
OSV
CVE-2018-16438: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1
osv·2018-09-04·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-16438 [HIGH] CVE-2018-16438: An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c.
Red Hat
hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c
vendor_redhat·2018-08-06·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-16438 [HIGH] CWE-125 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c
hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c.
An out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. Using a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service condition due to inadequate bounds checking.
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)) - Will not fix
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)) - Affected
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)) - Will not fix
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)) - Will not fix
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)) - Will not fix
Package: hdf5 (Red Hat OpenStack Pl
Debian
CVE-2018-16438: hdf5 - An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bound...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-16438 [HIGH] CVE-2018-16438: hdf5 - An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bound...
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c.
Scope: local
bookworm: open
bullseye: open
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.14.5+repack-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.14.5+repack-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.14.5+repack-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16438 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c [epel-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-04·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-16438 [HIGH] CVE-2018-16438 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c [epel-all]
CVE-2018-16438 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16438 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c
bugzilla·2018-09-04·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-16438 [HIGH] CVE-2018-16438 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c
CVE-2018-16438 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c
An issue was discovered in the HDF HDF5 1.8.20 library. There is an out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c.
References:
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/h5stat
Discussion:
Created hdf5 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1625427]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1625426]
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Reproduced in hdf5 package on all RHOSP editions, using the provided reproducer file from the linked repository (https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/h5stat)
h5stat H5L_extern_query\@H5Lexternal.c\:498-10___out-of-bounds-read
Filename: [email protected]:498-10___out-of-bounds-read
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
No upstream patch or source code analysis has b
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16438 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-04·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-16438 [HIGH] CVE-2018-16438 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-16438 hdf5: out of bounds read in H5L_extern_query at H5Lexternal.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple suppor
2018-09-04
Published